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Energy - November, 2021

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• High Court's Right Flank Floats Chevron Deference Overhaul
• Michigan Focuses On State Court In Enbridge Pipeline Fight
• SCANA Plant Closure Didn't Flout WARN Act, 4th Circ. Affirms
• Kirkland Guides Ontario Teachers' $849M Deal With NextEra
• Trade Court Picks Case To Lead Indian Steel Duty Challenges
• Landowners Denied Class Cert. In Lease-Hoarding Claim
• 5th Circ. Affirms BP's Win In Oil Worker's Injury Suit
• Drilling Co. Denies Alleged Breach Of Chancery Settlement
• Donziger Case May Stretch Constitution, 2nd Circ. Panel Says
• Pa. Justices Revive Fight Over 'Taking' Of Land In Buffer Zone
• BCLP Partner Jumps To Perkins Coie In DC
• The Implications Of COP26 For Legal Practitioners
• Climate Youths Say Justices' Ruling Bolsters Bid To Fix Suit
• Green Groups Celebrate End Of Maui CWA Permit Case
• Manulife Investment Lands $4.7B For Infrastructure Fund
• Ex-OSI Controller Gets 3 Years For Insider Trading Conviction
• Without Leadership Buy-In, Law Firm DEI Efforts Stand To Fail
• Ex-LA Special Atty Cops To $2M Kickback For Collusive Suit
• Electric Vehicle Biz Makes Plans For $150M IPO
• Energy Dept. Seeks Advice On Shoring Up Digital Defenses
• JPMorgan Can't Get Quick OK For $60M Spoofing Deal
• Interior Recommends Higher Costs For Oil, Gas Drilling
• Ad Rulings Offer Tips For Cos. To Avoid 'Greenwashing'
• Exxon Looks To Dodge Permian Basin Class Action
• 5th Circ. Asked To Rethink SEC Win In Test Of Liu Decision
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Procurement, Steel Litigants Dig In
• Judge Trims Scope Of FERC Power Market Manipulation Case
• Confronting Origination Credit: Self-Advocacy Tips For Attys
• Icahn Seeks TRO In Del. For Southwest Gas Stock Sale Plan
• British Watchdog Delves Into CHC's £10M Helicopter Biz Buy
• Big Names Could Stack December's IPO Pipeline
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Bondholders Target Citgo Over $118M Venezuelan Debt
• Justices Face Sticky Question In New Tariff Authority Fight
• ITC Recommends Extending Solar Safeguard Tariffs
• Texas Panel Won't Send Refinery Death Suit To Louisiana
• Alberta Plans Keystone XL Trade Claim Against US
• Exclusion Bars Earthquake Suits Coverage, Okla. Justices Say
• Fight To Enforce $22M Nigeria Award To Go To High Court
• 2 Firms Want To Lead, Combine XL Fleet Merger Suits In Del.
• As Climate Litigation Heats Up, More Cos. Face Liability Risk
• Westlake Pays $1.2B For Epoxy Biz Of Davis Polk-Led Hexion
• AXA, Attys End Dispute Over Investor Fraud Suit Coverage
• A Real-World Guide To Staying Discovery In Federal Court
• Enviro Groups Say Dam Operator Can't Dodge Salmon Suit
• Chevron Fights EPA Offshore Emissions Regulation Reversal
• Show Us Oil Cos.' 'Anti-Consumer' Acts, FTC Republicans Ask
• Industry Lines Up Against Biden NEPA Changes
• Turkish Aluminum Co. Fights Commerce Over Duties
• Refiner Can Pay Lower Retention In Securities Coverage Suit
• Mining Investor Goes After 'Sham' Co. After $3M Investment
• Dream Industrial REIT Prices $197M Worth Of Green Notes
• How Green Amendments Protect Key Environmental Rights
• PetroSaudi Fights US Bid For Protective Order
• TC Energy Officially Kicks Off $15B Trade Claim Against US
• Utility Groups Defend Power Deal Rule Update To 9th Circ.
• Pipe Maker Sues Commerce For Enforcing COVID-19 Deadline
• Odebrecht Laundering Suspect Can't Shake Flight Risk Status
• Int'l Securities Org. Urges Oversight Of ESG Ratings Providers
• Gas Price Surge Sends UK Electric Co. Into Administration
• Paloma To Acquire Goodrich Petroleum Corp. For $480M
• Steinmetz Loses Round In $2.1B Award Feud With Vale
• FERC Defends Restart Of $6B Gas Pipeline Work
• 11th Circ. Affirms Convictions For Sub Base Nuke Protesters
• Arco Says Feds Should Share Blame In Botched Mine Cleanup
• Wilkinson Barker Knauer Partner Picked For EPA
• Pipe Co. Highlights Deadline Double Standard In Duty Review
• Nornickel Settles Mine Ownership Dispute With Botswana
• FirstEnergy Allowed To Oppose Vacated Class Certification
• DL Unit's $2.5B Deal For Kraton Gets US Merger Approval
• ITC Votes To Advance Duty Probe Into Oil Well Casing
• Legato Merger Targets Infrastructure With Second SPAC
• Chile Power Plant Cleared To Tap $20M Del. Ch. 11 Loan
• 3 Cases Could Influence Electric Vehicle SPAC Litigation
• Reed Smith Steers Sustainability-Geared SPAC's $220M Filing
• Convicted Illumina Insider Trader Loses $4.5M Forfeiture Fight
• Trade Court Erases Retroactive Wheel Duties Following Retool
• 2nd Circ. Kills All Approvals For $683M NY Pipeline
• John Wood Unit Can't Get $811M Ruling Blocked In Colombia
• 2nd Circ. Wary Of Both Sides In Calif. City Gas Price Suit
• BLM Will Again Tweak Plans To Protect Greater Sage-Grouse
• What Enviro Attorneys Need To Know About The Budget Bill
• Fracking Patent Owner Scores Hirshfeld's 2nd Arthrex Redo
• Lawmakers Urge Biden To Cease Fighting Kids' Climate Suit
• Mitigating Inflation's Impact On Commercial Contracts
• Delta Can't Escape Claims In Jet Fuel Dump Suit
• Pomerantz, Block & Leviton To Lead Nikola Investor Class
• Texas Justices Order Redo Of Trade Secrets Case Appeal
• Southwest Gas Investor Seeks Info Over Spurned $4.4B Offer
• Texas High Court Will Hear Fight Over Injection Well Permit
• Auto Cos. Must Prep For State AG Action On Fuel Efficiency
• Texas Justices Side With ExxonMobil On Explosion Discovery
• House Sends Biden's $1.75T Budget Plan To Senate
• Enforcement Fight Over $506M Award Nets Dueling Rulings
• FERC Says Decision On Spire Pipeline's Future Is Imminent
• Chilean Dam Woos Lenders As Bankruptcy Kicks Off
• Apache Asks Texas Justices Not To Reinstate $80M Jury Loss
• NJ Utility Agency Must Act On Challenge To Rate Hike Bar
• Orrick, Kirkland-Led Intersect Power Lands $2.6B In Financing
• Philadelphia Gas Works Sued Over Fatal 2019 Explosion
• Va. Order Gives Tribes More Power Over State Permits
• 'Robust' Process Picked Imerys Claims Rep, Trustee Says
• Koch, Power Plant Settle $286M Texas Freeze Claim In Del.
• Miner Says Romania Can't Escape $4.4B Claim
• O'Melveny Nabs Energy Dealmaker From King & Spalding
• How Infrastructure Act May Spur New Transmission Projects
• CHC's £10M Copter Biz Buy Won't Fly With UK Watchdog Yet
• M&A Rulings Provide Guidance On 'Bump-Up' Claim Coverage
• Biden Administration Floats Reviving Clean Water Act Regs
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit $18B Chevron-Saudi Heir Award Fight
• Insurance Suits Over 2017 Calif. Fire Sent Back To State Court
• Pipeline Co. Agrees To Pay $2M To End Suit Over 2015 Oil Spill
• DC Circ. Seeks US Input On Sovereign Immunity Question
• Braze Hits $8B Valuation In Cooley, Simpson Thacher-Led IPO
• SEC Approves Universal Proxy, Seeks To Ease Regs On Firms
• Texas Jury Awards Energy Co. $1.2M For Overpaid Royalties
• How DOD's Climate Focus Will Affect Gov't Procurement
• What EPA's Proposed Methane Rules Mean For Oil, Gas Cos.
• Heed These Rules, Or Risk Your Argument On Appeal
• Trade Court Continues Rebuke Of Solar Panel Tariff Renewal
• Vale Says Billionaire's $2.2B Award-Dodging 'Defies Logic'
• PTAB Upholds LED Patent In Challenge From Japanese Co.
• Justices Asked To Limit Security Tariff Adjustment Powers
• ITC Signs Off On Duties For Indian, Malaysian Wind Towers
• Early ESG Due Diligence Can Minimize Risk, Maximize Reward
• UK Energy Co. Makes Antitrust Commitments For EV Charging
• Interior Asks 5th Circ. To Reinstate New Oil, Gas Lease Ban
• Federal Court Holds On To Michigan's Enbridge Pipeline Fight
• Sidley-Led Orion Clinches $2.3B Metals Investment Fund
• Steptoe & Johnson Snags Another Diamond McCarthy Partner
• Biden Urges FTC To Probe Oil And Gas Cos. Over Price Spikes
• Chilean Dam Project Cites Climate Change In $2B Ch. 11
• Philly Refinery, Insurers Reach $270M Deal On 2019 Blast
• Senate Confirms Biden's FERC Pick, Filling Panel
• Feds Look To Freeze Award Over PetroSaudi Fraud
• FBI Tells Lawmakers Cyberattacks Must Be Reported Directly
• Texas Panel Questions ERCOT Immunity In Winter Storm Suit
• Son Of Ex-Panama President Jailed In Odebrecht-Tied Case
• Energy Co. Can't Get Nigeria Gas Plant Award Nixed
• White House Commits To Consulting More With Tribal Leaders
• Holtec Can't Halt Utility's $56M Nuke Waste Funds Claim
• FERC Flubbed NY Grid's Market Review, DC Circ. Told
• Colo. Ozone Permit Probes Point To Unclear Federal Guidance
• What To Include In Orders Governing Remote Arbitration
• Feds Say Oil Groups Lack Standing To Contest Lease Freeze
• Importers Keep Foot On Gas In Bid To Erase China Tariffs
• ADNOC, Borealis Sign $6.2B Deal To Expand UAE Facility
• CIT Strikes Down Expansion Of Solar Safeguard Tariffs
• DLA Piper Withdraws From $30M Ga. Case Amid DQ Bid
• Machinery Maker Is Polluting LA River, Nonprofit Says
• EPA Allows Trump Aviation Gas Emissions Rule To Stand
• Ecuadorian Oil Co. To Get $392M Award In Occidental Dispute
• Biden Readies For New Hurdles With $1.2T Infrastructure Deal
• Midwest Grain, Ethanol Ventures Settle Control Dispute in Del.
• Texas Oil Driller Escapes Liability In Rig Worker's Stroke Suit
• Oil Executive Gets 3 Years In Revenue-Pumping Scheme
• 9 Companies Gear Up For November's Last Hurrah Of IPOs
• Duke Energy To Add 2 Board Members Amid Activist Dispute
• BP Wins Drilling Cos.' Arbitral Award Case Over Tax Law
• Embracing ESG: CBRE GC Talks Effective Compliance Emails
• Feds Say Turkish Steel Refund Suit Jumped The Gun
• Exxon Says High Court Ruling Voids $14M Pollution Award
• Imerys Judge Won't OK Mediation Without Clear Rules
• Okla. Coal Ash Rules Lacked Public Input, Enviro Groups Say
• Blue States, NYC Say Conn. Climate Suit Is State Matter
• Solar Co. Says Insurer Must Cover $13M Bill For Rain Damage
• Venezuela, DOJ Tell DC Circ. Company Improperly Served Suit
• Biden Moves To Ban Oil Leasing Near NM Cultural Site
• Gold Mine Operator Wants Attys Sanctioned In Pollution Row
• Sen. Leahy Announces End To Congressional Career
• Barclays, Others OK $50M Deal To End Gold Price-Fixing Suit
• DOJ Orders IHS Markit Divestitures For $44B Merger With S&P
• DC Circ. Dumps Truck Trailer Fuel Efficiency Standards
• Green Groups Push FERC To Scuttle SE Power Market Plan
• Denver Water Board, Boulder County Settle Reservoir Fight
• Convicted Illumina Insider Trader Fights $4.5M Forfeiture
• Doubts Swirl Over US' Ability To Ratify Global Tax Deal
• SEC Policy Easing Investor Proposals Could Spark Pushback
• Tribe's Fight Over Seattle Dam Will Stay In Federal Court
• Bipartisan CFIUS Proposals Lack Cohesive Security Strategy
• Venezuelan Oil Cos. Lose $5.6M Contract Dispute
• The Hazards Of Female Lawyers Being 'Office Moms'
• Coal Plant Neighbors Say Georgia Power Pollutes Community
• Experienced Perkins Coie Energy Duo Join Stroock In NY
• Chancery Roasts Loews Attys In $690M Award To Investors
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Growing Role For Attorneys As 'Greenwashing' Risks Mount
• $626M Flint Water Deal OK'd, $202M Atty Fee Addressed Later
• US Solar Cos.' Anonymity Sinks China Tariff Probe
• PwC, Investors Strike $14.9M Deal In Oil Co. Securities Suit
• Texas Oil Co.'s $8.5M Award In Bribery Case Gets Judge's OK
• Mont. Mine Owner Sues US For $1.3B Over Blocked Extraction
• EU Court Rules Against Solar Co. In French State Aid Action
• Discovery Immunity For Draft Expert Reports Lacks Clarity
• Propane Tank Users Fail Class Certification Test, Judge Rules
• What Latest Build Back Better Draft Means For Green Energy
• Judge Certifies Class In FirstEnergy Ohio Bribery Scheme Suit
• Nigeria Faces Tough Crowd In Appeal Over $10B Award
• Texas Energy Co. Beats Harvey Electric Shock Claims
• Acciona Accused Of Owing $2M For Texas Wind Farm Work
• Exxon Says Mass. AG's Climate Suit Penalizes Free Speech
• Latham-Led Rivian Prices Year's Largest IPO At $11.9B
• Arnold & Porter Names New Int'l Arbitration Co-Chair
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Want Out Of CFTC's Spoofing Claims
• NY Judge OKs $38.5M National Grid Gas Cos. TCPA Deal
• DC Solar Owner Gets 30 Years For $1B Ponzi Scheme
• Consumers Say Pipeline Co. Can't Escape Lax Security Suit
• Feds Say New 'Critical Minerals' List Can't Include Uranium
• DC Circ. Judge Dubious Of Nixing SD Uranium Mine Permit
• Calif. Water District Tells 9th Circ. It Can't Give Trout Water
• A Phased Approach To In-House Legal Tech Adoption
• Latham-Led Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Launches $215M IPO
• Winston & Strawn Adds V&E Finance Atty In Houston
• 9th Circ. Told Hawaii Climate Suits 'Pretending Away' Claims
• Steel Cos. Say 'Unverified' Data Warrant Redoing Italian Duties
• Dam Operator Wants 'Drastic' Salmon Suit Tossed
• US Oil Agrees To Pay $2.5M Over SEC Disclosures
• Berger Singerman Adds Regulatory Atty To Tallahassee Shop
• Paul Weiss, Gibson Dunn Steer GE's Split Into 3 Cos.
• Southwest Gas Says Icahn's $4.4B Takeover Bid Is Inadequate
• US Sanctions Continue To Gum Up $1.2B Award Enforcement
• PDVSA, US Co. Locked In Post-Trial Fight Over $150M Debt
• Biden Administration Floats Suspending LNG By Rail Rule
• W.Va. Justices Deny Jobless Benefits For Striking Workers
• NJ Justices Leave Exxon Off Hook For Insurers' Enviro Claims
• Judge Denies Tribes' Bid To Stop Work At Nev. Lithium Mine
• NJ's 'Flawed' Paperwork Stalled $260M Tax Break, Court Told
• Mine Workers Want Arbitration Win On Health Care Confirmed
• Power Cos. Seek 3rd Circ. Review Of FERC Price Rule Impasse
• Enviros Ask 7th Circ. To Rethink Transmission Line Ruling
• Confronting Origination Credit: How Firms Can Redo Policies
• FERC Hits Trading Firm With $229M Enforcement Penalty
• Supreme Court Won't Weigh In On PDVSA Bribery Suit
• Asset Cos. Face $90M Suit Over 'Brazen' Bankruptcy Scheme
• House Sends $1.2T Infrastructure Bill To Biden
• PG&E Investors Get Final OK On $2.5M Fees For $10M Deal
• Donziger Tells 2nd Circ. His Jailing Was Rife With Abuses
• Southern Co. Announces Coal Closures In Ga., Ala.
• DOI Gives 3 Tribes Go-Ahead To Begin Independent Leasing
• Feds File Countersuit In Battle Over Okla. Coal Mining
• EV Truck Maker Rivian's Potential $9.9B IPO Tops Deep Lineup
• JPMorgan Sued In Del. For Docs On $920M DOJ Settlement
• Utah Justices Punt On Bullet Maker's Lead Poisoning Suit
• Sierra Club Asks Ga. Appeals Court To Rethink Coal Ash Case
• Importer Fights To Keep Duty Waiver Typo Suit Alive
• How To Comply With ABA's New Language Access Guidance
• Feds Finalize Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Program
• Restaurant Group Urges 9th Circ. To Undo Berkeley Gas Ban
• Kirkland Guides ESG-Focused Blank Check Co.'s $200M IPO
• Conn. Insists Exxon Climate Fraud Suit Is A State Matter
• Venezuela Says Citgo Sales Process Proposal Is Flawed
• 2nd Circ. Reinstates Ex-Platinum Execs' Convictions
• KKR Plugs $2B Into South Korean Energy Co. SK E&S
• Navigating FCPA Risks Of Minority-Owned Joint Ventures
• Up Close With New Jersey's Top Environmental Official
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Energy Comparison Co. Fights BSI's Logo Infringement Suit
• Russia's Fight Over $50B Yukos Awards Not Over Yet
• Critics Take Aim At 'Dead Wrong' Decision In Colombia Case
• $1B Power Line Rejection A Reminder Of Grid Project Hurdles
• Republicans Urge Biden To Oppose Mexico Power Changes
• Osage Wind Seeks Summary Judgment In Okla. Suit
• Gas Import Terminal Giant Hit With Securities Class Action
• Pa. Landowners Say EQT Owes Royalties For Gas Extraction
• Justices Missed A Chance To Fix Defamation Law's Imbalance
• Kean Miller Adds Maritime-Focused Atty Pair In Houston
• Del. Justices Snub $1.6B Regency Sale Suit Again
• Shareholder Says Macy's Lacks Strategy For The Digital Age
• Electric Truck Co. Nikola Earmarks $125M To Settle SEC Probe
• Aussie Mining Co. Fights Pakistan's $6B Award Challenge
• ArcelorMittal Fights To Keep Essar Fraud Suit Alive In NY
• Del. Justices Uphold Williams Cos. Poison Pill Shutdown
• Energy Co. Tells 5th Circ. $3M Indemnity Ruling Can't Stand
• US-EU Tariff Deal Begets Tricky New Landscape For Importers
• Senate Confirms Biden's Pick For EPA's Top Lawyer
• PG&E Inks $125M Deal To End CPUC Kincade Wildfire Probe
• Mining Co. Presented Plausible Libel Claims, Judge Says
• Decades-Old Offshore Approvals Targeted After Calif. Spill
• How Hydrogen Figures Into Europe's Energy Transition Policy
• 5th Circ. Doubts Revival Of $218M Schlumberger Valve Suit
• Red States Oppose EPA Pause In Ozone Standard Case
• Calif. Solar Plant's Suit Over $59M In Incentives Stays Alive
• Hunton Hires Ex-DOI Judge To Lead Public Lands Practice
• Best Practices For Hiring And Integrating Freelance Lawyers
• NY Constitutional Right To Clean Air Passes By A Wide Margin
• Ex-Unaoil Exec Must Pay £100K For Iraq Bribery Scheme Role
• Maine Voters Yank Approval Of $1B Power Line
• Apple, Google, Tesla, Microsoft Beat Child Labor Mine Suit
• Kinder Morgan, Norfolk Southern Settle $2M Fee Suit
• House Dems Subpoena Oil Giants For Climate Deception Info
• NC Sues Colonial Over 1.2M-Gallon Gas Leak Response
• NY Judge Says Time's Up For Venezuela Over $40M Bond
• Wind Farm Developers Slam U.S. Sanctions Claims Over Docs
• White House Will Walk Tightrope With Next NEPA Rule
• Noble Energy Says Suit Over $13B Chevron Merger Is Flawed
• Illumina Says Convicted Insider Trader Broke Investors' Trust
• SC Asbestos Decision Eases Causation Burden For Plaintiffs
• DLA Piper Defends Representation In $30M Power Plant Row
• Feds Say Recent Commerce Ruling Moots Aluminum Duty Suit
• $500M Wis. Power Line Temporarily Blocked
• Senate Energy Panel Greenlights FERC Nominee
• Jackson Walker Adds M&A Pros In Dallas
• EPA Targets Methane From Existing Oil And Gas Sources
• Fracking Co. Investors Want Class Cert. In Fraud Suit
• IPO Market Could End 2021 With A Furious Finish
• High Court Review Puts EPA In Carbon Regulatory Limbo
• King & Spalding Grabs Corporate Partner From Norton Rose
• Fed. Circ. Grills USPTO Over POP Amendment Decision
• Justices' Review Of Power Regs Comes Amid Climate Crunch
• National Grid Gas Cos., Customers Reach $38.5M TCPA Deal
• Mesa Power Still Owes $2.3M In Tariff Fight, Canada Says
• Embracing ESG: Cognizant Counsel, CSO Talk Collaboration
• Ultra Petroleum Investor Seeks Out Of Securities Suit
• Lithium Americas Makes $400M Offer to Acquire Millennial
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To Libel Standards
• AIG Unit Has To Cover Utility's Legal Fees After All
• Gerrard Settles Spying Claims Against Kazakh Mining Giant
• As Social Impact Becomes The Test, Firms Asked To Step Up
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Social Impact Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• Brookfield Set To Win AusNet Bidding Battle With $7.7B Offer